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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26493670, member: 135271&quot;]The Republic of Haiti may have a pretty terrible record as a country, but they sure produced some good-looking coins. I recently acquired this large, crown-sized silver gourde minted in 1887. I&#039;ve always liked the reverse design, and what a fine rendition of Liberty, as well.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1688998[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>REPUBLIC OF HAITI</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AR Gourde (37.6mm, 25.00g, 6h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Dated 1887. Paris mint, France</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: RÉPUBLIQUE * D&#039;HAÏTI AN 84, Liberty facing right, wearing head scarf; ·900 MILL·1895·25 GRAM· below; ROTY Gr LAFORESTERIE below bust</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: Coat of arms of Haiti: banners, spears, muskets with fixed bayonets, cannons, and cannonballs behind and around palm tree surmounted with liberty cap, L&#039;UNION FAIT LA FORCE on banner below; ·LIBERTÉ·ÉGALITÉ·FRATERNITÉ· above, ·1 GOURDE · below</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: Numista 23882</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Mintage: 200,000</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Formerly in NGC encapsulation, graded AU Details. From the Globus Collection.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In 1492 the very first European settlement in the New World was established by Christopher Columbus on the northwestern coast of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in what is now the country of Haiti. For two hundred years the island remained under Spanish control, until 1697 when the western portion was ceded to the French. The harsh treatment and brutal working conditions of the slave population there led to the outbreak of a slave revolt in 1791, which eventually resulted in the establishment of the Republic of Haiti in 1804.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC photos:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1688999[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1689000[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>Feel free to comment and/or post your own coins! Would love to see what you have.</b></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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